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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Helene, what is Maria's manner like when she sees her by the swimming pool at the hospital as the novel opens?
(a) Happy.
(b) Upset.
(c) Relaxed.
(d) Anxious.

2. When Maria visits Kate at the hospital and warns the nurse about Kate's nightmares, what does Maria realize about getting an abortion?
(a) That she expected it wouldn't be her last.
(b) That she expected to die.
(c) That she expected she wouldn't go through with it.
(d) That she expected she would get pregnant again.

3. As the novel opens, what fictional character does Maria say she does NOT ask what makes this person evil?
(a) Iago.
(b) Roderigo.
(c) Othello.
(d) Cassio.

4. What is the name of Maria's father's business partner?
(a) Benny Austin.
(b) Austin Benny.
(c) Allen Bob.
(d) Bob Allen.

5. What accessory does Helene bring to the hospital for Maria that belongs to her?
(a) A leather belt.
(b) A diamond ring.
(c) Gold hoops.
(d) A chiffon scarf.

6. In the elevator of Freddy Chaikin's office, who tells Maria, "The word on Carter's dailies is sensational"?
(a) BZ.
(b) Freddy.
(c) An actor.
(d) An agent.

7. What happens at the end of the first picture Carter made with Maria?
(a) She is thrown into negative and looks dead.
(b) She is cleaning marijuana with a kitchen strainer.
(c) She is crying on the IRT.
(d) She is arguing on the telephone.

8. At Anita Garson's party, what is the young girl Larry Kulik is watching doing?
(a) Eating in the kitchen.
(b) Swimming in the pool.
(c) Sleeping on a couch.
(d) Dancing on the terrace.

9. The season in New York, where Maria lost so much weight the agency wouldn't book her, what did she see every time she looked at food?
(a) Cheerful smiles.
(b) Ominous coils.
(c) Disgruntled frowns.
(d) Enthusiastic lines.

10. Where was Maria born?
(a) Austin, Texas.
(b) San Jose, California.
(c) Boise, Idaho.
(d) Reno, Nevada.

11. Why does Maria prefer the studio cut of the second picture Carter made with her?
(a) Because the girl on screen seemed not to have a care in the world.
(b) Because the girl on screen seemed to have a knack for controlling her own destiny.
(c) Because the motorcycle gang seemed to be punished for their crimes.
(d) Because the motorcycle gang seemed to get away with murder.

12. What is the plot of the second picture Carter made with Maria?
(a) A girl is killed by a motorcycle gang.
(b) A girl is abducted by a motorcycle gang.
(c) A girl runs off with a motorcycle gang.
(d) A girl is raped by a motorcycle gang.

13. Why does Maria tell BZ that Larry Kulik is going to die in a barber chair?
(a) Because he will be killed by the gangsters he works for.
(b) Because he told her that's the way he wanted to go.
(c) Because he will collapse from being obese.
(d) Because she had a vision about it.

14. As the novel opens, whom does Helene say she does NOT visit Maria at the hospital for?
(a) Carter.
(b) Maria.
(c) Helene.
(d) BZ.

15. Maria claimed she was raised to believe that what came in on the next roll would always be _____ than what went out on the last.
(a) None of the above.
(b) Better.
(c) The same.
(d) Worse.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Carter stops living in the house in Beverly Hills, where does Maria begin to sleep?

2. Why is the volume of the movie that man watches in the next room where Maria has her abortion turned up?

3. After he returns from his film shoot, how does Carter respond to Maria's question if he's going to stay at the house in Beverly Hills?

4. What does she buy at Saks that she can't fit into her Corvette?

5. What does Helene see Maria wearing when she visits the hospital as the novel opens?

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